093_HB3610

 
                                     LRB093 06921 RLC 07067 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 12-7.4 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/12-7.4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-7.4)
 7        Sec. 12-7.4.  Aggravated stalking.
 8        (a)  A person commits aggravated stalking when he or she,
 9    in  conjunction with committing the offense of stalking, also
10    does any of the following:
11             (1)  causes bodily harm to the victim;
12             (2)  confines or restrains the victim; or
13             (3)  violates  a  temporary  restraining  order,  an
14        order of protection, or  an  injunction  prohibiting  the
15        behavior described in subsection (b)(1) of Section 214 of
16        the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
17        (b)  Sentence.   Aggravated  stalking  is  a  Class  2  3
18    felony.   A  second  or  subsequent conviction for aggravated
19    stalking is a Class 1 2 felony.
20        (c)  Exemption.  This Section does not apply to picketing
21    occurring at the  workplace  that  is  otherwise  lawful  and
22    arises  out  of a bona fide labor dispute, or any exercise of
23    the right of  free  speech  or  assembly  that  is  otherwise
24    lawful.
25        (d)  For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "bona  fide labor
26    dispute" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12-7.3.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-402; 88-677,  eff.  12-15-94;  89-377,  eff.
28    8-18-95.)